A North Carolina teen is dead and police say her juvenile brother killed her. According to WYFF, authorities responded to a suspicious persons report near the family’s Weaverville home Saturday evening and found the complainant and the suspect. The 911 call apparently came from a neighbor’s home when the suspect showed up immediately after the …
A church in North Carolina is accused of kidnapping, abusing, and brainwashing children to keep them in the congregation. Former members claim that the Word of Faith Fellowship in Spindale, North Carolina, took custody of their children and put them into foster families who were members of the church. The AP is investigating the church, and …
A North Carolina air traffic controller was arrested, along with his roommate, for alleged possession of a weapon of mass destruction. According to the New York Post, Paul George Dandan, 30, was arrested Friday in Charlotte. WCNC reported that the investigation began November 3 when authorities received a report of an individual in possession of …
Recently-uncovered surveillance footage reportedly shows someone exiting from a slain Virginia Beach teen’s car the same day of her disappearance. WVEC reported that the video captured someone exiting Ashanti Billie’s Mini Cooper at around 5:40 a.m. on September 18 and head east toward Azalea Garden Road in Norfolk, Virginia. The person is then seen throwing objects …
Following a manhunt Friday, a North Carolina man turned himself in to face allegations that he used his ice cream truck to sexually assault multiple children. According to WNCN, Durham police announced they were looking for 51-year-old Isam Fathee Mohamed Rahmah after the parents of two boys reported the suspected abuse. The mother of one …
A North Carolina couple is behind bars on felony child abuse charges after authorities reportedly found a baby inside their home wearing a maggot-filled diaper, and six other children in their care living in squalor. The Dispatch reports that Cpt. Michael Hunt with the Lexington Police Department said that officers arrived to a home at 410 Irma …
Florida police have arrested a former sheriff’s office employee in the death of a missing private investigator whose body was found a day earlier. The Pensacola News Journal reported that former Escambia County Sheriff’s Office employee Ashley McArthur (pictured right) was arrested and charged with the first-degree homicide of Taylor Wright, 33 (pictured left). Missing since September 7, authorities …
A North Carolina, couple is speaking out after learning that a monument company reportedly repossessed their 5-year-old son’s grave marker. Crystal and Wayne Leatherman of Hickory buried Jake almost a year ago after he lost a long battle with leukemia. However, Crystal told WBTV that she recently went to her son’s grave and was shocked to …
The FBI is asking for the public’s help in locating footage believed to show Ashanti Billie’s Mini Cooper traveling from Hampton Roads, Virginia, to Charlotte, North Carolina. According to an October 12 FBI statement, Billie, 19, was driving a white or cream-colored 2014 with Maryland tag 2CX-0575. The agency is urging` anyone who might’ve seen the …
A North Carolina couple faces additional disturbing charges in connection with their arrest last year on child abuse charges. According to the Statesville Record & Landmark, Andrew Patrick Williams, 38, and his girlfriend, 37-year-old Stephanie Johanna Giddens, were charged with performing sex acts on the same child they were charged last year with physically abusing. …
A white restaurant manager in Conway, South Carolina, is accused of beating and forcing an intellectually disabled black man to work for little to no pay for five years. According to The Post and Courier, the US Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday that they indicted Bobby Paul Edwards, 52, on a felony forced labor charge. The victim, John Christopher Smith, 39, reportedly …
An ex-boyfriend of murdered University of Pittsburgh student, Alina Sheykhet, was reportedly arrested Wednesday in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Myrtle Beach Online reported that a concerned resident called police around 12:45 a.m. Wednesday to report a suspicious person tampering with the window of a home. Captain Joey Crosby said responding officers approached Matthew Darby, 21, and learned …
